Khatme Nubuwat Committee Bangladesh yesterday threatened to launch a broader movement if the government does not declare Ahmadiyyas non-Muslim by June.

Declare them non-Muslim or pay for it in the next general elections, Muhammad Shamsul Haq, chairman of the new anti-Ahmadiyya group, told the ruling coalition from a press conference at the National Press Club.

Yesterdays demand is the latest in a series of anti-Ahmadiyya calls since November last year when several groups staged a string of hate-filled demonstrations against the Muslim sect.

Ahmadiyyas are not Muslims, as their activities go against the basic norms of Islam, Haq claimed. They (Ahmadiyyas) are running illegal activities not only in Dhaka but in Chittagong, Panchagarh and Natore.

Hailing the January 8 ban on the Ahmadiyya publications, he said: The government decision proves the rationale of our movement.

The verdict of the Organisation of Islamic Conference shows Ahmadiyyas are deceiving Muslims, he claimed.

Khatme Nubuwat with a 33-member executive committee said its leaders and activists would form committees in upazilas and districts by June 30 to gear up their movement.